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ST. BENILDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
1901 Division Street • Metairie, Louisiana 70001
Church Office: (504) 834-4980 • Church Fax: (504) 834-4997 • Church Email: stbenildechurch@cox.net
www.stbenilde.org
CLERGY Rev. Robert T. Cooper, Pastor Rev. H.L. Brignac, Sacramental Asst. Deacon Biaggio DiGiovanni Deacon Stephen Gordon Deacon Clifford Wright
BAPTISMS First and Third Sundays of the month at 12 Noon. Please call the Parish
Office for more information.
MATRIMONY Please contact a priest/deacon 8 months prior to your wedding.
FUNERALS Arrangements may be made at the Parish Office.
Sunday, October 9, 2016 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
ORDINARY FAMILIES
EXTRAORDINARY FAITH
DEVOTIONS Holy Hour in Church
Monday, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Following 7 a.m. Mass on Tuesday
NEWCOMERS Call the Parish Office to receive a New
Parishioner Registration Packet.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
St. Benilde Conference (504) 233-3246
ST. BENILDE SCHOOL Mr. Matt Downey, Principal
1801 Division Street • Metairie, LA (504) 833-9894
MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil … 4 p.m.
Sunday … 9:00, 11:00 a.m. & 6 p.m. Monday—Friday … 7:00 a.m.
Monday and Thursday … 5:30 p.m. First Saturday … 8:45 a.m.
HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION See Inside the Bulletin for Schedule
CONFESSION TIMES Saturday … 3:00—3:45 p.m. Sunday … 5:00—5:45 p.m. Monday … 6:00—6:45 p.m.
and by appointment at the Parish Office
DIVINE MERCY ADORATION CHAPEL Eucharistic Adoration from 7:00 p.m. Sunday
till 4:00 p.m. Saturday
Parish Motto—Building the Kingdom of God
Ministers of the Liturgy October 8 & 9, 2016
Saturday - 4 P.M. Intention: Dorothy Van Hoven, George Spaulding,
Robert Freeman, Pete Fountain,
Timothy Scalici, James Pinner, Joseph Segari,
Sabella Family, Calvin Tozel, Annie Bollinger,
Flora Maria Be, Patrick C. McKinney,
Byron & Z Rogers (L), Gerry Golemi
Merle & Charles Dittmer, Rose Marie Greco Federico
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
R. Aucoin, C. Casente
Cantor: Trish Foti
Sunday - 9 A.M. Intention: Walter Haydel, Rosemary Haydel (L)
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
J. Tusa, P. Cifreo, R. Meche, B. Soleto
Song Leaders: Traditional Choir
Sunday - 11 A.M. Intention: Mary Comberrel, Barbara Assad,
John Scala, Joseph Donald Bernard, Gerry Golemi,
Olga Claiborne, Mary Quaid, Rosary Schillici,
Joseph Torres, Mary Ducote, Kelvin Ducote,
Melvin Ducote, Dorothy Funck, Brenda Frey (L),
Dianne Z. Harrison, D.J. (Budd) Olister,
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
J. Hutchinson, R. Oleksik, S. Gordon, L. Peters
Song Leaders: Contemporary Choir
Sunday - 6 P.M. Intention: Parishioners
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
L. Daigle, B. David
Cantor: Lauren Gisclair Pianist: Beth Kettenring
Weekday Masses Monday 7:00 a.m. Don Rowan, Sr.
5:30 p.m. Frank Anthony Federico
Tuesday 7:00 a.m. Bill C. Johnson
Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Dolores S. Masson (L)
8:15 a.m. Mr. & Mrs. Hilton Daigle, Sr.
Thursday 7:00 a.m. Janice B. Grillot
5:30 p.m. Audrey Olister
Friday 7:00 a.m. Marian Quigley
The Church Sanctuary Lamp burns in memory of
The Souls in Purgatory
The Blessed Mother
Votive Lamps burn
For Protection During the
Hurricane Season
Adoration Chapel
Sanctuary Lamp burns
in memory of
Stuart and Gloria Fourroux
Adoration Chapel Candles
burn for
Jody DiMaggio (L)
Altar Ladies Week of October 9
B. O’Hara, J. Didier
Linens Large - E. Lemoine
Small - J. Didier
The St. Joseph Votive Lamps
burn in
Thanksgiving for a Prayer
Answered
St. Benilde Catholic Church
The Altar Flowers are in memory of
Deceased Parishioners
Stewardship of Treasure Weekend of October 1 & 2
Envelopes …………………………………...$6,295.00
Loose ………………………………………….3,136.00
Electronic Giving ………………………………175.00
Repairs & Maintenance ……………………..2,433.00
Msgr. Richaud Fund …………………………..164.00
Totaling ……………………………………$12,203.00
“Let us focus on generosity, or returning God’s gifts
with increase, through the generous sharing of our time,
talent and treasure.”
~ Fr. Cooper
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Oct. 15/16 4 PM P. Delaup, E. Van Hoven 9 AM C. Frederick, L. Director, K. Klapatch, R. Theriot
11 AM D. Childers, R. Meece, K. & M. Sorensen 6 PM M. Drawe, D. Powers
St. Benilde Catholic Church Volume 34 Issue 41
Parish Motto—Building the Kingdom of God
Workshops Scheduled
Basic Workshops for the Liturgical Ministries are scheduled this month: Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
will be held at St. Catherine of Siena on Saturday, Oct. 22; and for Readers, at St. Clement of Rome on Oct. 29. Both will run from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. You must get Fr. Cooper’s permission before registering for a workshop. Please call the Parish Office for more information.
We Need Your Help
Calling all egg lovers! We needs your rinsed, empty
eggshells to make confetti eggs for what is going to
be the best St. Benilde Parish Fair ever! Please
drop of the rinsed, empty eggshells to the Parish
Office at your convenience. Additionally, if you
know of any bakery that would be willing to donate
their eggshells, please let us know. We
truly appreciate your help and are looking
forward to a terrific Parish Fair!
All Souls Day Remembrance
On All Souls Day we honor all of our deceased loved ones in a special way. Here at St. Benilde Church we will be remembering your deceased loved ones both on this day with the celebration of Holy Mass (Wednesday, November 2) and at all of the Masses throughout the month of November.
In that spirit, we invite you to inscribe the names of those you wish for us to remember and pray for on All Souls Day and during the Masses throughout the month of November on the special All Souls Remembrance Envelopes found in the vestibule of the Church. Please place your envelopes in the collection basket or bring them to the Parish Office before November 1. The suggested donation is $5 per name recorded on your envelope. Mass remembrance envelopes will remain on the altar throughout the month of November and names will be printed in the Parish Bulletin.
Public Square Rosary Rally
Our parish family is invited to pray
the Rosary on Saturday Oct. 15, at 12
noon, at Veterans Memorial Square ,
located at Veterans Memorial Blvd.
and Causeway Blvd. This annual event has
been sponsored by America Needs Fatima since
2007. Over 15,00 country-wide rallies will be
held that day. Please bring your rosary and if
desired, water and a chair. Parking is available
on-site.
Fr. Cooper’s Corner
Christian Cheerfulness and Joy
We come to the penultimate article in this 32-part series on the Plan of Life. Next week I will give a synthesis of what we have looked at over the course of the past fifteen months, but today I want to focus on what should be both a fruit of living all parts of the Plan of Life as well as a specific component in its own right of any Christian game-plan toward holiness: Christian joy and cheerfulness. Christian joy is, first, a gift and consequence of living a Plan of Life well. The Plan of Life is meant to facilitate a continual encounter with God through prayer, the Sacraments and charity, from the time of the Heroic Moment and Morning Offering at the beginning of the day to our General Examination at day’s end. And when we maintain a vivid awareness of the presence of God accompanying us, loving us, and strengthening us, it is hard not to be joyful. But at the same time, we have to work at being joyful. Joy is a fruit of various good habits, which are themselves the consequence of repeated good thoughts and deeds. If we regularly ponder the reality that God madly loves us, abides within us when we are in the state of grace, providentially cares for us better than the greatest earthly father cares for his children, seeks to draw good even out of the evil we suffer or do, and always listens to us in prayer, we will radiate a cheerfulness whether it is sunny or raining, whether we are experiencing worldly successes or struggles. On the other hand, if we wallow in self-pity, give into complaining, nurse our envies, indulge our worries, or begin to live as if we can find lasting happiness in anyone or anything other than God, we will never be satisfied and, although we may experience ephemeral pleasures, we will never really be happy. That’s why, in addition to Christian joy, which is fundamentally a gift of God beyond our direct control (Gal 5:22), it is good to talk about Christian cheerfulness, which is a general approach to life that consciously focuses on how life is fundamentally good and how our blessings always far outnumber our difficulties. It is in this sense that St. Paul can command us, “Rejoice always! … For this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thess 5:16). Such a statement would be absurd if the apostle were commanding us to “feel” joyful, because we are never in complete control of our emotions. But he can command us to “rejoice always,” because the types of behavior that lead to joy — thanking God and others, counting our blessings, looking at the bright side, finding the good in others and in situations, surrounding ourselves with joyful and good people, beginning with immersing ourselves in God — are largely within our control. Pope Francis has been urgently and persistently calling all Catholics to live with this Christian cheerfulness. In his exhortation The Joy of the Gospel, he described how many Catholics by their behavior basically make the good news seem like a lie because their conduct announces more a “bad news of great gloom” rather than the “good news of great joy.” They live, Pope Francis says, as if they are perpetually returning from a funeral, as if life is a long Lent with no Easter. On the other hand, when a Christian’s life as a whole begins to glow with joy, the joy that comes from a profound recognition that Jesus has risen from the dead triumphing over everything that could keep us down, those in the world who are seeking happiness down various roads that will never lead there will begin busting down our church doors trying to find the source of joy overflowing from Christian lives. Pope Francis says that to grow in joy, we must regularly contemplate and enter into Jesus’ joy. Often Christians do not look at Jesus the way He really was: the most joy-filled person who ever lived, someone who said He came into the world “so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be brought to perfection” (Jn 15:11). We do not picture Jesus smiling. We do not focus deeply enough on how He says His kingdom is like the joy of the sower at harvest time, the
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joy of the man who finds a hidden treasure, the shepherd who finds his lost sheep, the mom who has just given birth, the dad who welcomes home his wayward son, or the invited guests at a wedding reception. We do not ponder His natural joys at the goodness of creation, exulting in the birds of heaven and the lilies of the field. We do not share His jubilation at the loving hospitality of Martha, Mary and Lazarus, the conversion of Zacchaeus, the faith of the Canaanite woman and Centurion, the simple receptivity of little children. We do not think enough about the secret of His joy — His deep awareness of His being loved by the Father — and follow Him more deeply into the joy-filled mystery of divine filiation, that we are not orphans but much loved adopted children of the King of Kings! Christian cheerfulness, Pope Francis says, “drinks from the wellspring of [Jesus’] brimming heart.” Like Jesus, a Christian ought to emit spiritual sunshine, not dark clouds. We should radiate a zest for life, not suck the life out of a room. Salvation history is meant to be a “great stream of joy,” one in which we drink and bathe and invite others to join us. “A Church without joy is unthinkable,” Pope Francis said forthrightly in a 2013 homily. “Jesus has desired that his Bride, the Church, be joyful.” And if Jesus cannot make His Bride happy, then how will others ever think that He can make them happy? That is why it is so important, as a fruit of all the parts of a Plan of Life and a particular component in it, for us to receive and do all it takes to become cheerful, radiant followers, friends and emissaries of the joy-filled Savior who came to lead us to perfect happiness in this world and forever.
Foodie Fest Raffle
The St. Benilde Foodie Fest is Oct. 28-30. Proceeds from the
Foodie Fest go to school improvement efforts.
This year, the Foodie Fest is doing a $15,000 Reverse
Raffle! Here it how it works…We are selling 300 tokens for
$100 a chance... that means you get a 1 in 300 chance at
winning $15,000!
In a reverse raffle, you want to be the LAST number
called... not the first. Starting with the opening of the fair
on October 28, we will pull numbered tokens every hour
at the alumni booth. Numbers called will be eliminated
from the chance at $15,000.
HOWEVER, we will have some wildcard tokens in with
the numbered tokens. If your token is pulled immediately
after a wildcard token, you can win one of several cash
prizes.
On Sunday evening during the last hour of the Foodie
Fest, the owners of the last ten tokens will be called to the
stage. We will pull tokens one at a time. After each
token is pulled, the remaining token owners will be given
a choice... they can either keep going or split the $15,000
evenly among them. All of the token owners most
unanimously agree to split the money to do so... so if one
holds out, we call the next token!
Tokens are on sale NOW! The sale closes Oct. 27 or when the
300th token is purchased, which comes first. So go to
501auctions.com/sbsgala and click on “$15,000 Raffle” and
buy your chance at $15,000!
St. Benilde Catholic Church Volume 34: Issue 41
Parish Motto—Building the Kingdom of God
40 Days for Life Campaign
September 28 - November 6, 2016
As most of you may already be aware, with the closing
of the Metairie abortion facility, this year's 40 Days for
Life Campaign's vigil will be held outside the Planned
Parenthood facility located at 4636 S. Claiborne Avenue
in New Orleans, from Sept. 28 - Nov. 6. While our parish
will not be adopting an entire day this year to pray
outside the facility, we invite each of you and your
families and friends to join another parish or group
during these 40 days to spend at least one hour in prayer
on any day(s) of the campaign. You can sign up at
"40daysforlifenola.com" or contact the campaign office at
504-835-6520.
Accounting Position St. Angela Merici Church is looking for an energetic,
pleasant person to handle a 20-hour a week part-time
accounting role. At least 2 years of accounting experience
with hands-on knowledge of QuickBooks, income
statements, balance sheets and computer literacy needed.
Hours are to be performed in the office and are flexible.
Parish Office hours are from 9 am to 4 pm Monday—
Friday. This is a benefit eligible position. All resumes for
consideration are to be submitted to: parish@stangela.org
Please list FINANCE SPECIALIST in the SUBJECT LINE
of your email.
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